Benefits • Allows you to control, audit and track media use and minimise exposure to risk from viruses and malware
• Empowers students to be able to utilise large file formats for enriched presentations and coursework
• Reduces the impact on the performance of the internet connection, especially with the introduction of Managed Learning Environments
• Reduction of senior leadership and local authority exposure to legal liability regarding copyright compliance
• Helps senior leadership regain control of how their IT resources are being used
• Proactively encourages users to comply with the Acceptable Usage Policy with warnings that can be customised to suit the audience
• Enables enhanced support to better protect “vulnerable” or “at risk” individuals. Why do you need e-safe education? The e-safe education solution can help you to improve pupil safety on IT facilities, reducing legal liability, risk and “off -task” activities whilst underpinning your pastoral support and acceptable use policies. It will protect against Paedophile Grooming, Cyber Bullying, Pornography, Racism, Gambling, Cyber Slacking, Drugs, Hacking, Propaganda, Proxy Avoidance, Terrorism, Criminal Activity, Abuse, Copyright Infringement, Suicide, Inappropriate Research, Plagiarism, Gaming. e-safe education assists with compliance and mitigates risk associated with legislation such as the Obscene Publications Act 1964, Protection of Children Act 1978, Race Relations Act 2002 and Computer Misuse Act 1990. How does it work? Comprehensive Image Control - e-safe education will block pornographic images in your web browser. By selecting the level of control that is best for you e-safe education determines the probability of the image being pornographic. If a positive identification is made the image is either replaced with a non-offensive, image or the user is warned that the image to be displayed may be offensive. All pornographic images captured will be logged and stored, along with the PC name, user name, time, date and the action taken. Authorised personnel can then review suspected pornographic images and provide appropriate reports on improper usage. Network Use Monitoring User monitoring is done in real-time against a series of threat libraries which contain words and phrases that relate to those known threats. When a match is detected, an alert is created which allows a number of events to occur. These alerts can be configured so that they are escalated to various levels of senior management dependent upon the severity, number of alerts detected and the thresholds set. e-safe education empowers establishments to proactively
monitor, manage and enforce IT users to be compliant with their
Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP). Network users are alerted to
violation as it happens, so altering their behavior immediately
and preventing unacceptable use of the network at an early stage. Key Features: • Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) displayed upon switching on
the computer which is locked until it is accepted
• Ability to define different monitoring criteria for different users or groups
• Levels of monitoring can be imposed on a permanent or temporary basis
• Screen capture of AUP violation by user with date and time stamp
• Off line monitoring – still monitors when the PC is not connected to the network
|  | Device Access Management - Multiple surveys have recently shown that internal users are the biggest threat to network infrastructure. USB endpoints represent a major risk when it comes to internal network security. Most networks have adequate protection on incoming email and internet access, but very few aff ord the same confi dence against
USB devices (USB Keys, hard drives, Mp3 players). This inadequate protection provides students and staff with the opportunity of
illegally loading software, images and music fi les onto the network or copying installed software from the network. This activity also
aff ects the integrity of the network and will inevitably increase the time and budget required to maintain it. | The e-safe education solution provides USB Device Access Management, which allows the manager of the network to create a security policy with restrictions which takes control of USB pen drives, and all other USB devices that could potentially be connected to the network. Its flexibility allows the manager
to determine whether devices are completely blocked, allowed or allowed with restrictions via a simple graphical interface allowing the use of USB technology without fear of undermining the security strategy Key Features: • Manages all removable media (pen drives, mobile phones, PDA’s, printers, Bluetooth etc)
• Encryption to protect data
• Unauthorised software/file protection
• Centralised management
• Protection on the desktop |  | | | |
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The Internet and e-mail have provided many benefits for schools and colleges, but like any productivity tool their use needs to be governed by clear guidelines and restrictions. Senior leadership within the establishment are leaving themselves open to potential prosecution if not sufficiently governed.